Delhi: The final match of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 is going to start on Wednesday, ie 11 June at Lord’s grounds in London, which is called the Mecca of Cricket, in which South Africa and Australian teams will face face to face in the title war. This time, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has increased the record amount to promote Test cricket.
India out of WTC final for the first time
The Indian team, which was a continuous runner -up in the last two WTC Finals (2021 and 2023), could not make it to the finals this time. After suffering defeat from New Zealand and Australia twice the last twice, India had to be content from third place this time.
In this cycle, India suffered an embarrassing defeat of 3–0 to New Zealand at home and 3–1 defeat against Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. As a result, Team India finished third in the WTC points table with 50% marks. For this, India will get a prize money of US $ 1.44 million (about ₹ 12.30 crore), which is much higher than ₹ 3.84 crore (USD 450,000) of the previous cycle.
This time the winner will get ₹ 30.76 crore, the runner -up to ₹ 18.45 crore
This time the ICC has increased the reward amount for the winning team more than doubled. In 2023, where the winner got USD 1.6 million (₹ 13.67 crore), this time the winner of WTC 2025 will name a huge amount of USD 3.6 million (about ₹ 30.76 crore).
On the other hand, the runner -up team will also get USD 2.16 million (about ₹ 18.45 crore), which is more than three times the USD 800,000 (₹ 6.84 crore) of the previous cycle.
Other teams also received a hefty amount
New Zealand (fourth place): USD 1.44 million (₹ 12.30 crore)
England (fifth place): USD 960,000 (₹ 8.20 crore)
Sri Lanka (sixth place): USD 840,000 (₹ 7.17 crore)
Bangladesh (seventh place): USD 720,000 (₹ 6.14 Crore)
West Indies (Eighth Station): USD 600,000 (₹ 5.12 crore)
Pakistan (ninth place): USD 480,000 (₹ 4.10 crore)
In the last cycle, only USD 100,000 (₹ 85 lakh) were given to teams from sixth to ninth place, but this time the ICC has provided respectable amount to all teams.
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